Literacy, Home and School: Research and Practice in Teaching Literacy with Parents

ISBN-13: 9780750703604 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 180 str.

Peter Hannon; Hannon Un Peter

Opis

Parental involvement in the teaching of reading and writing has often lagged behind practice, though schools in many countries now recognise the importance of parental involvement. The ideas presented in this book offer new ways of thinking about parental involvement and should interest both researchers and practitioners. It relates the recent growth of involvement to broader considerations of the nature of literacy and historical exclusion of parents from the curriculum.; Descriptions are given of key findings from research into pre-school literacy work with parents and parents hearing children read, and a framework to underpin practice is offered. The author gives a critique of evaluation methods in the field and suggests how parental involvement should be evaluated together with a view of research findings to date and issues needing further study. The book concludes with an appraisal of what was learned from research and what needs further enquiry.

Spis treści

The Meaning of Literacy; From Exclusion to Involvement; Understanding the Case for Involvement; Working with Parents of Preschool Children; Working with Parents of School-age Children; A Closer Look at Hearing Reading; Other Involvement; The Need for Evaluation and Research; Evaluation by Tests; Evaluation by Participants; What Have We Learned? What Do We Need To Know?

O autorze

Peter Hannon University of Sheffield.